Is « sentiment » masculine or feminine?
« sentiment » is masculine. You say le sentiment.
In English, « sentiment » means feeling.
Article forms
| With the definite article | le sentiment |
| With the indefinite article | un sentiment |
| With the partitive article | du sentiment |
Plural
The plural is sentiments (les sentiments). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.
Why the gender
sentiment ends in
-ment. Nouns ending in
-ment are usually masculine,
so sentiment follows the pattern.
The full rules by ending cover every common
suffix.
In a sentence
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Le sentiment est partagé.
The feeling's mutual. -
Le sentiment était mutuel.
The feeling was mutual. -
Le sentiment est réciproque.
The feeling is mutual.
Example sentences from Tatoeba, used under CC BY 2.0 FR. Each links to its source sentence.
Related words
Other common nouns that end the same way:
Common questions
Is « sentiment » masculine or feminine?
« sentiment » is masculine. You say le sentiment.
Is it « la sentiment » or « le sentiment »?
It is « le sentiment ». « la sentiment » is incorrect.
Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.